Genevieve in 1735 and St.
They had migrated about 1750 from the Illinois Country.
Louis expanded greatly after the invention of the steamboat and the increased river trade. ===Nineteenth century=== Napoleon Bonaparte had gained Louisiana for French ownership from Spain in 1800 under the Treaty of San Ildefonso after it had been a Spanish colony since 1762.
Louis was founded soon after by French fur traders, Pierre Laclède and stepson Auguste Chouteau from New Orleans in 1764.
From 1764 to 1803, European control of the area west of the Mississippi to the northernmost part of the Missouri River basin, called Louisiana, was assumed by the Spanish as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, due to Treaty of Fontainebleau (in order to have Spain join with France in the war against England).
Louis was in September 1767. St.
Louis expanded greatly after the invention of the steamboat and the increased river trade. ===Nineteenth century=== Napoleon Bonaparte had gained Louisiana for French ownership from Spain in 1800 under the Treaty of San Ildefonso after it had been a Spanish colony since 1762.
After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
From 1764 to 1803, European control of the area west of the Mississippi to the northernmost part of the Missouri River basin, called Louisiana, was assumed by the Spanish as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, due to Treaty of Fontainebleau (in order to have Spain join with France in the war against England).
Louisiana remained nominally under Spanish control until a transfer of power to France on November 30, 1803, just three weeks before the cession to the United States. Part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase by the United States, Missouri earned the nickname Gateway to the West because it served as a significant departure point for expeditions and settlers heading to the West during the 19th century.
Louis, was the starting point and the return destination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which ascended the Missouri River in 1804, to explore the western lands to the Pacific Ocean.
They settled predominantly in 17 counties along the Missouri River, in an area of flatlands that enabled plantation agriculture and became known as "Little Dixie." The state was rocked by the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes.
The Bootheel was the epicenter of the four New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. ===Climate=== Missouri generally has a [continental climate] with cool, sometimes cold, winters and hot, humid, and wet summers.
The Bootheel was the epicenter of the four New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. ===Climate=== Missouri generally has a [continental climate] with cool, sometimes cold, winters and hot, humid, and wet summers.
Casualties were few due to the sparse population. ===Admission as a state in 1821=== In 1821, the former Missouri Territory was admitted as a slave state, under the Missouri Compromise, and with a temporary state capital in St.
In 1826, the capital was shifted to its current, permanent location of Jefferson City, also on the Missouri River. Originally the state's western border was a straight line, defined as the meridian passing through the Kawsmouth, the point where the Kansas River enters the Missouri River.
This addition increased the land area of what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about to Virginia's 65,000 square miles, which then included West Virginia). In the early 1830s, Mormon migrants from northern states and Canada began settling near Independence and areas just north of there.
From 1838 to 1839, a border dispute with Iowa over the so-called Honey Lands resulted in both states' calling-up of militias along the border. With increasing migration, from the 1830s to the 1860s, Missouri's population almost doubled with every decade.
In 1836 the Platte Purchase was added to the northwest corner of the state after purchase of the land from the native tribes, making the Missouri River the border north of the Kansas River.
The Mormon War erupted in 1838.
From 1838 to 1839, a border dispute with Iowa over the so-called Honey Lands resulted in both states' calling-up of militias along the border. With increasing migration, from the 1830s to the 1860s, Missouri's population almost doubled with every decade.
By 1839, with the help of an "Extermination Order" by Governor Lilburn Boggs, the old settlers forcefully expelled the Mormons from Missouri and confiscated their lands. Conflicts over slavery exacerbated border tensions among the states and territories.
From 1838 to 1839, a border dispute with Iowa over the so-called Honey Lands resulted in both states' calling-up of militias along the border. With increasing migration, from the 1830s to the 1860s, Missouri's population almost doubled with every decade.
Most newcomers were American-born, but many Irish and German immigrants arrived in the late 1840s and 1850s.
Most newcomers were American-born, but many Irish and German immigrants arrived in the late 1840s and 1850s.
From 1838 to 1839, a border dispute with Iowa over the so-called Honey Lands resulted in both states' calling-up of militias along the border. With increasing migration, from the 1830s to the 1860s, Missouri's population almost doubled with every decade.
In 1860, enslaved African Americans made up less than 10% of the state's population of 1,182,012.
In order to control the flooding of farmland and low-lying villages along the Mississippi, the state had completed construction of of levees along the river by 1860. ===American Civil War=== After the secession of Southern states began in 1861, the Missouri legislature called for the election of a special convention on secession.
In order to control the flooding of farmland and low-lying villages along the Mississippi, the state had completed construction of of levees along the river by 1860. ===American Civil War=== After the secession of Southern states began in 1861, the Missouri legislature called for the election of a special convention on secession.
In the face of Union General Lyon's rapid advance through the state, Jackson and Price were forced to flee the capital of Jefferson City on June 14, 1861.
The Confederacy recognized Missouri secession on October 30, 1861. With the elected governor absent from the capital and the legislators largely dispersed, the state convention was reassembled with most of its members present, save twenty who fled south with Jackson's forces.
The vigilante activities of the Bald Knobbers of the Ozarks in the 1880s were an unofficial continuation of insurgent mentality long after the official end of the war, and they are a favorite theme in Branson's self-image. ===Twentieth century=== The Progressive Era (1890s to 1920s) saw numerous prominent leaders from Missouri trying to end corruption and modernize politics, government, and society.
I'm from Missouri, and you have got to show me." This is in keeping with the saying "I'm from Missouri," which means "I'm skeptical of the matter and not easily convinced." However, according to researchers, the phrase "show me" was already in use before the 1890s.
Louis on May 27, 1896, killing at least 255 and causing $10 million in damage (equivalent to $3.9 billion in 2009 or $ in today's dollars). ===Wildlife=== Missouri is home to diverse flora and fauna, including several endemic species.
One is popularly ascribed to a speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899, who declared that "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton, cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me.
Folk was elected governor as a progressive reformer and Democrat in the 1904 election.
Missouri's highest recorded temperature is at Warsaw and Union on July 14, 1954, while the lowest recorded temperature is also at Warsaw on February 13, 1905. Located in Tornado Alley, Missouri also receives extreme weather in the form of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
The vigilante activities of the Bald Knobbers of the Ozarks in the 1880s were an unofficial continuation of insurgent mentality long after the official end of the war, and they are a favorite theme in Branson's self-image. ===Twentieth century=== The Progressive Era (1890s to 1920s) saw numerous prominent leaders from Missouri trying to end corruption and modernize politics, government, and society.
The first half of the twentieth century was the height of Kansas City's prominence, and its downtown became a showcase for stylish Art Deco skyscrapers as construction boomed. In 1930, there was a diphtheria epidemic in the area around Springfield, which killed approximately 100 people.
Fishermen, hikers, campers, and others started lobbying to protect forest areas with a "wilderness character." During the 1930s and 1940s Aldo Leopold, Arthur Carhart and Bob Marshall developed a "wilderness" policy for the Forest Service.
Fishermen, hikers, campers, and others started lobbying to protect forest areas with a "wilderness character." During the 1930s and 1940s Aldo Leopold, Arthur Carhart and Bob Marshall developed a "wilderness" policy for the Forest Service.
since 1947, making it the seventh deadliest tornado in American history and 27th deadliest in the world.
Missouri's highest recorded temperature is at Warsaw and Union on July 14, 1954, while the lowest recorded temperature is also at Warsaw on February 13, 1905. Located in Tornado Alley, Missouri also receives extreme weather in the form of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
It was the first EF5 to hit the state since 1957 and the deadliest in the U.S.
Serum was rushed to the area, and medical personnel stopped the epidemic. During the mid-1950s and 1960s, St.
Census of 2010 found that the population center of the United States is in Texas County, while the 2000 Census found the mean population center to be in Phelps County.
The center of population of Missouri is in Osage County, in the city of Westphalia. In 2004, the population included 194,000 foreign-born (3.4 percent of the state population). The five largest ancestry groups in Missouri are: German (27.4 percent), Irish (14.8 percent), English (10.2 percent), American (8.5 percent) and French (3.7 percent). German Americans are an ancestry group present throughout Missouri.
A notable Cherokee Indian population exists in Missouri. In 2004, 6.6 percent of the state's population was reported as younger than5, 25.5 percent younger than 18, and 13.5 percent 65 or older.
Per capita personal income in 2006 was $32,705, ranking 26th in the nation.
Louis on May 27, 1896, killing at least 255 and causing $10 million in damage (equivalent to $3.9 billion in 2009 or $ in today's dollars). ===Wildlife=== Missouri is home to diverse flora and fauna, including several endemic species.
From 2010 to 2018, this includes a natural increase of 137,564 people since the last census (480,763 births less 343,199 deaths) and an increase of 88,088 people due to net migration into the state.
Census of 2010 found that the population center of the United States is in Texas County, while the 2000 Census found the mean population center to be in Phelps County.
Louis County as of the 2010 census), Kansas City, Boone County and in the southeastern Bootheel and some parts of the Missouri River Valley, where plantation agriculture was once important.
3.4 percent of Missourians were foreign-born, and 5.1 percent reported speaking a language other than English at home. In 2010, there were 2,349,955 households in Missouri, with 2.45 people per household.
The median household income for 2010 was $46,262, or $24,724 per capita.
On May 22, 2011, a massive EF-5 tornado, killed 158 people and destroyed roughly one-third of the city of Joplin.
Louis International Airport on April 22, 2011.
Suburban areas have developed separate job markets, both in knowledge industries and services, such as major retail malls. ===Twenty-first century=== In 2014, Missouri received national attention for the protests and riots that followed the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer of Ferguson, which led Governor Jay Nixon to call out the Missouri National Guard.
Once widely spoken throughout the area, Missouri French is now nearly extinct, with only a few elderly speakers able to use it. ===Religion=== According to a Pew Research study conducted in 2014, 80% of Missourians identify with a religion.
Louis is the largest Hindu Temple in Missouri, serving more than 14,000 Hindus. ==Economy== Total employment in 2016: 2,494,720 Total Number of employer establishments in 2016: 160,912 The U.S.
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated Missouri's 2016 gross state product at $299.1 billion, ranking 22nd among U.S.
From 2010 to 2018, this includes a natural increase of 137,564 people since the last census (480,763 births less 343,199 deaths) and an increase of 88,088 people due to net migration into the state.
The 2019 announcement of an MLS expansion team in Saint Louis is driving even more development in the downtown west area of Saint Louis. ==Geography== Missouri is landlocked and borders eight different states, a figure equaled only by its neighbor, Tennessee.
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